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Alarming number of heroin overdoses reported in Orange County

Investigators are looking into an alarming and deadly heroin problem in Orange County. Within the last 24 hours there were at least 11 reported overdoses in the same area. Michelle Meredith (@MichelleWESH) has the story.

Police are investigating after an alarming number of heroin overdoses were reported in Orange County. Heroin users are in more danger than usual, authorities said.

In the past 24 hours, there have been close to a dozen overdoses.

Just days after Orange County announced the creation of a heroin task force, heroin overdoses have spiked in one area of the county, specifically Blossom Park, the troubled condos on Landstreet Road off South Orange Blossom Trail.

In the past 24 hours, the Orange County Sheriff's Office said there have been 11 reported heroin overdoes in the area and three deaths. WESH 2 News was in the area on Friday and witnessed an individual stumbling in a nearby parking lot. WESH 2 News called 911 after seeing a woman passed out cold. When she awoke, she told paramedics she had taken Xanax, cocaine and heroin.